Content tagged with “Bashar Assad”
Lebanon this week voted against suspending Syria from the Arab League, exacerbating divisions between the Hezbollah-led cabinet and the March 14 alliance, and putting Prime Minister Mikati in a tight...
Tags: Hezbollah, March 14, Bashar Assad, Voting, Arab League, Mikati
President Barack Obama called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down in a statement released by the White House today. Britain, France, Germany, and Canada followed suit by asking Assad to "...
Tags: Syria, United States, Turkey, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama
The Syrian uprising has split Lebanon into supporters and opponents of the Assad regime, with each side betting on its most favorable outcome. At Martyr's Square in downtown Beirut, home to the Cedar...
Tags: Lebanon, Special Tribunal, protests, Bashar Assad, bomb
The Syrian regime is struggling to contain the ongoing protests in various towns across the country, but none are as challenging to it as Hama, a city of almost a million people that is now out of...
Tags: Syria, protests, violence, uprising, Bashar Assad